No Cause For Hope
Apparently people used to hedge against inflation with Pork Bellies futures. They’re no longer traded, some may say as a…
9 years ago
Adrian Kempton-Cumber
Is the Dow Jones Rolling Over?
I wrote about the US market on 7th July and the subject perhaps deserves revisiting now. The Dow Jones has…
9 years ago
The LIBOR Scandal, or as I Call It: Failure in Regulation
I had a theory that I wanted to test. It was the idea that weather might affect the attitude of…
9 years ago
Will the IAG (aka British Airways) ascent continue?
The airline industry should be having a bit of a golden age just now with oil prices so low. This…
9 years ago
The Future Is Bright: The Future Is Red
I was talking to a friend about mortgage rates the other day and they were wondering what would happen to…
9 years ago
A Wunch of Bankers and TV Winners
Two profit announcements today that are quite interesting... First off: Barclays (BARC). I wrote about banks in my blog of…
9 years ago
Cops and Robbers? No, Just Robbers
If you want to know the time, ask a policeman. Don't bother asking them to attend a burglary though, if…
9 years ago
Profit Warnings = Market Warnings
You may not know that profit warnings have hit a 6-year high in the UK. Of course, some companies blame…
9 years ago
House of (Credit) Cards
I’ve said before that the only reason we’ve appeared not to have a recession in London and the South is…
9 years ago
Place Your Bets
I used to play online poker quite a lot. Actually there are a lot of similarities between trading/investing and poker.…
9 years ago